Walker stares at me for a long moment, then turns around and goes back to typing coded messages into her phone. ‘I didn’t realize I was teaming up with some hippy-dippy peacenik aliens,’ she sighs.

‘Fine. If you can talk Sanderson into flipping sides in front of the UN, go for it. But if I’m not convinced, I’m shooting him.’

‘Sure,’ I reply to Walker. ‘You’re in charge.’

We stop at a gas station in New Jersey to fill up the SUVs. Since I’ve got a few minutes alone, I decide it’s a good time to check in with Sarah. I take out my phone and wander across the parking lot.

As I do, I can feel Walker’s eyes boring into my back.

‘Where are you going?’ she calls after me.

‘To call my girlfriend,’ I say, raising the phone. ‘Remember? You illegally detained her that one time.’

‘Oh, great,’ Walker replies. I can hear her mutter to the driver. ’We’re depending on a bunch of horny teenagers to save the world.’

– Four and Agent WalkerChapter 19, The Revenge of Seven

This is an excerpt from Pittacus Lore’s The Revenge of Seven, the fifth installment of the Lorien Legacies. The Garde have decided to split up into two separate missions and find themselves with unexpected allies. And yes, I just love Agent Walker’s snark.